Here are the top 5 stocks in the Department Stores industry ranked by performance. We compiled the trading activity from yesterday and then analyzed the industry looking for stocks that were outperforming. This is what we found:

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD) ranks first with a gain of 12.16%; Dillards Inc-A (NYSE:DDS) ranks second with a gain of 3.11%; and Macy'S Inc (NYSE:M) ranks third with a gain of 3.09%.

Kohls Corp (NYSE:KSS) follows with a gain of 2.73% and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) rounds out the top five with a gain of 1.20%.

SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Kohls Corp on December 19th, 2016 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $51.96. Since that call, shares of Kohls Corp have fallen 25.3%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time.